In 1958, Juan Manuel Fangio was kidnapped from his hotel by Cuban revolutionaries — an act that transformed the Cuban Revolution. Part of the network Light Dark ...

Juan Manuel Fangio, without any doubt, is one of Formula 1’s greatest legends. We know him for his five Championships with four different teams, and his unbeatable winning percentage.

Juan Manuel Fangio kidnapping designed to embarrass Fulgencio Batista. Castro’s rebels saw the race as an opportunity to embarrass Batista in the eyes of the world slightly less than a year before the ...

Champion Juan Manuel Fangio was kidnapped by Castro rebels and couldn't race in the tragic 1958 Cuban Grand Prix. Another driver says it was ‘like a bad movie.' He would know.